Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Card)

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Affirm

Affirm

Affirm offers a transparent buy now, pay later service founded in 2012 by Max Levchin. No late fees or surprises, just a responsible way to pay over time for your favorite brands.

Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Own and deliver quarterly goals for the team while guiding engineers through ambiguity.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics on ideation, technical constraints, risks, and trade-offs.
  • Identify project, process, technology, and business issues and lead efforts to solve them.
  • Support operations and availability through metrics, escalation, keep-the-lights-on work, and on-call coverage.
  • Set and improve code review and design standards, and promote quality and ownership through writing and tech talks.
  • Provide feedback and guidance to develop talent on the team.
  • Work across transaction processing, ledgering, and reconciliation systems in both real-time and post-transaction workflows.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as a software engineer.
  • Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
  • Experience with Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience shipping frontend applications.
  • Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with simple, extensible designs.
  • Experience making significant changes in a large codebase safely.
  • Ability to write high-quality code that others can understand and use.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
  • On-call rotation is required.
  • Must be based in Spain; visa sponsorship is available.

Benefits

  • €86,000 - €122,000 base pay per year.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Equity rewards and an employee stock purchase plan at a discount.
  • Flexible Spending Wallets for tech, food, lifestyle, and family-forming expenses.
  • Away Days / wellness days to recharge.
  • Learning and Development programs.
  • Parental benefits.
  • Remote-first work environment.

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